HSG 8

HSG 8
I. Choose one word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others
A. physics B. basic C. sailor D. subject
A. husk B. surrounding C. plumber D. rub
A. carved B. arrived C. urged D. included
A. teammate B. beach C. weather D. stream
A. beach B. catch C. church D. Christmas
II. Choose the most suitable word or phrase by circling the letter A, B, C or D:
1. Hoa works very..........so she always gets good marks.
A. badly
B. good
C. hardly
D. hard

2. This school..........in 1997
A. built
B. is built
C. was built
D. has built

3. Would you mind if I……………a photo?
A. take
B. took
C. would take
D. am going to take

4. Last week I ……………my children to the biggest zoo in town.
A. got
B. brought
C. fetch
D. took

5. It is very dangerous ………….. in the polluted environment.
A. to live
B. lives
C. living
D. live

6. Our natural resources are limited ................... we should recycle all used things.
A. and
B. so
C. because
D. but

7. His car is the same color …………. my uncle’s.
A. alike
B. as
C. like
D. to

8. David’s school ………….. is very bad this term.
A. report
B. period
C. day
D. semester

9. People go to a …………….. to look at the famous works of art.
A. stadium
B. gallery
C. theater
D. fair

10. Hoa is reading short stories …………. Jack London.
A. of
B. from
C. by
D. with

III. Fill in each numbered blank with one suitable word
The country is (1) …… beautiful than a town and more pleasant to live in. Many people think so, and go there (2) ……the summer holiday though they can’t live (3) …… all the year round. Some have cottages built in a village (4) …… that they can go there whenever they (5) …… find the time.
English villages are not all alike, but (6) ……. some ways they are not very different from (7) … Almost every village (8) …a church, the round or square tower of which can (9) …… seen from many miles around. Surrounding the church is the church yard (10) …… dead people are buried.
IV. Complete the passage, use the correct form of the verbs in the brackets.
Nowadays, a lot of important inventions (1- carry out) by scientists (2- work) for large industrial firms. However, there (3 – be) still opportunities for other people (4 – invent) various things. In Britain, there is a weekly TV program which (5 – attempt) to show all the devices which people (6 – invent) recently. The people (7 – organize) the program receive information about 700 inventions per year. New ideas can (8 – develop) by private inventors. However, it is important (9 – consider) these questions: Will it work? Will it (10 – want)? Is it new?
V. Give the correct form of the words in capital letter to complete the sentences.
1. It is a contest in which …….. have to read 2 poems in English.
PARTICIPATE

2. It’s difficult to find ……..at busy times in this town.
ACCOMMODATE

3. The lecturer is giving us first-aid ………
INSTRUCT

4. Nam likes acting and outdoor …………
ACT

5. The Boy Scouts of America is a youth………
ORGANIZE

VI. Each sentence has one mistake, underline and correct.
My brothers are a teacher.
0. teachers

It is not easy do that difficult work.
1.

He won the race so he tried his best to run fast.
2.

When she came, I read a novel written by Nguyen Tuan.
3.

It’s dangerous to drive fastly in busy streets.
4.

David is a friend of mine. I knew him for a long time.
5.

VII. Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence.
1. Keeping the environment clean is very important.
- It’s …………………………………………………………
2. They will show the time machine to the public when they finish it.
- The time machine ……………………………………………
3. He was delighted to receive his